First, Bride and Prejudice is great, but pretty much every Gurinder Chadha film is. (See also Viceroy's House and the fabulous Blinded by the Light.)
I don't remember the 1980 version but in my own recent Austen post I did describe the 1995 show as 'definitive'. Perhaps I'd refine that a bit: Colin Firth is the definitive Darcy, and Jennifer Ehle is a great Lizzy. But I totally get your point about Alison Steadman; of course Mrs Bennet is an overblown character but the point then is to play the part straight.
Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland do a fine job as the parents in the 2005 film, and for me Keira Knightley is good as Lizzy. And it has Judi Dench, which is a big plus for any movie. But Matthew MacFadyen isn't a great Darcy. The film looks fabulous, though.
I obviously need to do a bit watch if Gurinder Chadha films! I would say I disagree on MacFadyen but I haven’t seen the film for so long and I only saw it once. I remember feeling very tense watching it to begin with but was pleasantly surprised by everyone involved. I just wish it didn’t have all that mud and wandering pigs.
I have been singing this song all week, my uncle was a massive Cash & Kristofferson fan and I bought him the album for Christmas, a few years after it came out, he hated it (OK he hated Jennings), so I kept it for myself…. And loved it., so much that I once saw a tribute band to The Highwayman at a pub, unfortunately THE Kristofferson was missing, in his place was someone who did Roy Orbison, plus the Jennings was more like an Elvis impersonator — they did this song 3 times in a 25-minute set — the audience did not care, I did not either - a good song is always a good song.
This is amazing! I’d quite like to hear Roy doing a verse. Can totally imagine Jennings morphing into Elvis. (And I’d be totally fine with hearing it three times too.)
The good country stuff is well hidden by a huge pile of utter generic Trump waving crap. The Highwomen released a single album that’s well worth a listen.
Love this! 🤩 I will have to check out this 80s P&P. I liked the 1995 TV version as well as the 2005 version but that one did play a little looser with costume accuracy. The soundtrack and visuals were beautiful, though. Sounds like you live in an exciting part of the UK with all these Jane-related things going on.
I flip flop on the 2005 because I do love McFadyen but I don’t like the way they’re all wallowing around in mud with pigs in the house. Just bizarre choices there. And thank god they never made the Brits suffer their original ending. I couldn’t watch the whole thing when I saw it on YouTube! Have you seen it?! I nearly died of embarrassment
Best P&P adaptation?
First, Bride and Prejudice is great, but pretty much every Gurinder Chadha film is. (See also Viceroy's House and the fabulous Blinded by the Light.)
I don't remember the 1980 version but in my own recent Austen post I did describe the 1995 show as 'definitive'. Perhaps I'd refine that a bit: Colin Firth is the definitive Darcy, and Jennifer Ehle is a great Lizzy. But I totally get your point about Alison Steadman; of course Mrs Bennet is an overblown character but the point then is to play the part straight.
Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland do a fine job as the parents in the 2005 film, and for me Keira Knightley is good as Lizzy. And it has Judi Dench, which is a big plus for any movie. But Matthew MacFadyen isn't a great Darcy. The film looks fabulous, though.
I obviously need to do a bit watch if Gurinder Chadha films! I would say I disagree on MacFadyen but I haven’t seen the film for so long and I only saw it once. I remember feeling very tense watching it to begin with but was pleasantly surprised by everyone involved. I just wish it didn’t have all that mud and wandering pigs.
I have been singing this song all week, my uncle was a massive Cash & Kristofferson fan and I bought him the album for Christmas, a few years after it came out, he hated it (OK he hated Jennings), so I kept it for myself…. And loved it., so much that I once saw a tribute band to The Highwayman at a pub, unfortunately THE Kristofferson was missing, in his place was someone who did Roy Orbison, plus the Jennings was more like an Elvis impersonator — they did this song 3 times in a 25-minute set — the audience did not care, I did not either - a good song is always a good song.
This is amazing! I’d quite like to hear Roy doing a verse. Can totally imagine Jennings morphing into Elvis. (And I’d be totally fine with hearing it three times too.)
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https://youtu.be/OtYmaQXMj5o
I can always rely on you to introduce me to something that I know I HAVE to watch
It’s not very Austen I’m afraid.
But here’s the song you want to hear: https://youtu.be/edQyuO13DlU?si=3Xs-e_JRHspF-buG
Omg how did I not know about this?!
The good country stuff is well hidden by a huge pile of utter generic Trump waving crap. The Highwomen released a single album that’s well worth a listen.
We were having this conversation yesterday. It’s a full time job to find the gold nuggets in the cascade.
Weirdly Post Malone put out a great country album recently. You may also dig Am I Okay? by Megan Moroney if you’re over Taylor Swift.
Love this! 🤩 I will have to check out this 80s P&P. I liked the 1995 TV version as well as the 2005 version but that one did play a little looser with costume accuracy. The soundtrack and visuals were beautiful, though. Sounds like you live in an exciting part of the UK with all these Jane-related things going on.
I flip flop on the 2005 because I do love McFadyen but I don’t like the way they’re all wallowing around in mud with pigs in the house. Just bizarre choices there. And thank god they never made the Brits suffer their original ending. I couldn’t watch the whole thing when I saw it on YouTube! Have you seen it?! I nearly died of embarrassment
Oh no! Ha! I didn’t know there was a different ending. I need to find it now! 😂😅
It’s so bad.
Hope your book edits go well! 🤞🏻